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2022 Crop and Livestock Budgets

Managing costs and income are essential to keep Missouri farms profitable. Enterprise budgets can help your farm make more informed decisions.

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Short-Term Operating Plan

Prepare your farm or ranch to continue operating in the situation that a primary decision maker is temporarily unavailable.

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Custom Rates

Obtain a better understanding of the cost of producing crops or performing individual field activities by accessing the 2019 Custom Rates guide.

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The Agricultural Business and Policy Extension program serves rural Missouri by helping farms, agribusinesses and communities understand their opportunities and challenges and to make informed decisions. The team is primarily focused on:

  • Helping farmers and agribusinesses with decision-making, financial management, taxes and risk mitigation;
  • Studying relevant industry and value-added agricultural issues;
  • Sharing how market fundamentals and trade policy may impact agricultural outlook;
  • Assessing diversification and new business opportunities for farms, businesses and commodity groups.

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Publications

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Landowners’ Guide to Lease Hunting in Missouri

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2022

Figure 1. A hunting lease provides an opportunity for a landowner to supplement their farm income and enhance wildlife habitat.An increasing number of landowners in Missouri are interested in providing access for sportsmen and others to hunt, fish ...

Cash Rental Rates in Missouri

Publication date: Dec. 1, 2021

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports that 9.7 million acres of Missouri cropland and pastureland were rented to farmers who did not own the land. To help both landowners and farmers, the University of Missouri has periodically ...

Missouri Farm Land Values Opinion Survey

Publication date: Nov. 1, 2021

A web-based survey was conducted in September 2021 to determine what people think has been happening to farmland values in Missouri. The survey was sent to persons we expected to have insight on land values. Ag lenders, rural appraisers and farmers ...

Beef Backgrounding Planning Budget

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2021

This budget presents information useful to Missouri beef farmers. The production practices used to develop these cost estimates are common for beef farms in Missouri. Farmers are encouraged to customize this budget to fit their operation. This is one ...

Native Warm-Season Grass Planning Budget

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2021

Using this budget, farmers can estimate the costs and returns of establishing native warm-season grass (NWSG) forage species. Table 1 presents estimates for replacing existing forage stands with NWSG in Missouri. Assumptions were based on price ...

Goats — Late Kidding Planning Budget

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2021

The meat goat budget is designed to reflect the economic costs and returns of a 50 doe, spring kidding flock (March and April) with kids marketed between 50 to 60 pounds in July/August. This management system takes advantage of spring forage ...

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